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How to Bust an Escalator Addiction

— By Julia Whitty

| Thu Nov. 5, 2009 3:07 PM PST

The Fun Theory is, well, fun. I know this video made my rounds a couple of weeks ago, but not here (I don't think). For the students I met at Augustana College earlier this year, wrestling with their elevator addictions, this video offers a cool solution. I believe this is another example of the piezo-electric effect, powered by human feet, appearing in nightclubs in Europe.

 

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Julia Whitty is the Environmental Correspondent for Mother Jones. Her latest book DEEP BLUE HOME: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean will be out in July. For more of her stories, click here.

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Really nice article! I

Submitted by Neil kevin on Fri Nov. 6, 2009 10:06 PM PST.

Really nice article! I really enjoy it. Hey it is great to have piano stairs to avoid escalator addiction. Really great. Thanks for sharing this.

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